The Hollywood Eye: What Makes Movies Work - Hardcover

Boorstin, Jon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060391138 ISBN 13: 9780060391133

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1990

Synopsis

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 224 pages; Description: x, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Motion pictures--Production and direction. Motion pictures--Philosophy. Cinematography.

About this title

Synopsis:

What happens in the dark between the screen and the audience that makes movies so exciting to so many? Jon Boorstin believes that every movie is really three movies running at once: the "voyeuristic" movie (the logic of the film), the "vicarious" movie (the emotional hold of the film), and the "visceral" movie (the primal thrill the film elicits). Here he examines these elements using his own experiences as well as those of well-known film makers - from Hitchcock to Spielberg - to demonstrate how the moviemaking process works. He shows how film makers use light, space and sound to create a world; tells what makes an actor a star; explains why he thinks "Citizen Kane" is a great film and what he feels is wrong with the ending of "Fatal Attraction". The book is illustrated with stills from films and line-drawings of film techniques.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0060391138
• ISBN 13: 9780060391133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256